The Plan

I am big on it never being too late.  This would have come through in my writing before.  Obviously I see it more clearly being older but it has always been true.
I have seen lots of people with huge amounts of talent.  As they say the world was their oyster.  Yet decade follows decade way quicker than anticipated and before I know it, I once was young but am now older.
Some seem to know what they want and go for it from an early age.  They are laser focused.  I had a mate that always wanted to be a pilot.  Ok tests proved his eyes were not up to a standard where he could  be a fighter pilot, but he could be a commercial pilot.  That is what he became.
It seems though others have enormous talent and squander it.  It may not be put in those terms, but life happens.  Before I know it, chances have passed me by.  It can be chasing the girls occupies several years, and then it is marriage.  Then I say I will be ready to go once the kids are old enough to fend for themselves.  Or it can be I need to look after my place and there is heaps to do to have it ready for sale.  Next step is a bigger place which of course will need looking after.
There is nothing in any of these pursuits that are dodgy in themselves, and I would say all are good and worth pursuing.  The trouble to me is (and it has been my experience) that legitimate things have stopped me chasing the most legitimate thing in my life.
That is a fact of life and the experience of many.  Yet to me it does not need to be the end of the story.  I will not let the regrets of the past stop me from pursuing the legitimate goals of the future.
I may be older and face unanticipated problems, yet the important thing to me is I pursue the right thing for me no matter my age.  Maybe I only have time for 5% of what I could have achieved, but in my mind 5% is better than 0%.